In the PP Discussion Podcast 002 I mentioned commercial mods, and the idea of a commercial HL mod popped into my head. I said I would make it this week’s Poll Question and here it is!

I am not saying that Valve should but I feel it’s a valid question.

---

Let me clarify the question. You find a new mod on PP that apparently has a really good story but the voice acting is only in a language you can’t speak.

Do you still play it knowing that you won’t understand anything – nada, rien, ingenting, ei mitään, hичего, niente, tίποτα, kuch nahin, niets, 무가치, nashi, ekkert, nihil, gar nichts? (Sorry, I got carried away with the translations!)

---

I know a lot of people don’t play the maps that I post on the site and there are many reasons for that. Some don’t like the fact that they are generally short. Some don’t like that fact that they generally don’t include new content and others, well, let’s just say they can’t face the trouble that installing maps can cause.

As you may have seen, I have just announced a new application that will remove that particular aspect of map playing, so this seemed like a good question to ask, although some may say I should have asked it before!

Over to you….

---

I’ll be honest, after seeing those inadvertently released screenshots for BMS, I am less excited than I was. Sure, they may not represent the final product but as people like to say, some things can’t be “unseen” and they are in my mind now.

---

Portal 2 is soon to be released and whilst PP doesn’t really focus on it, I am sure a lot of readers will buy and play it.

However, others might be less worried. This week’s poll question is to gauge PP readers’ feelings.

---

With all the talk about Portal 2 and its co-op feature, finding a first play-through buddy etc, it got me thinking about whether co-op will become the new black.

I believe Valve won’t include it in Ep3 simply because it’s popular in one game, but it might encourage other developers to try it.

---

I hate it when two poll questions appear on the site without other posts in between.

A lull in releases is always frustrating but recently things have been pretty bad.

I know I have one or two maps still to post and hundreds to update, but let’s be honest we want “new”, “big” and “beautiful” and those are few and far between.

---

Loosely inspired by this SteamPowered thread, this poll allows you to enter three answers.

To be honest, I only checked the first post of that thread and haven’t had time to read the replies.

Anyway, please vote and also comment if you feel strongly enough or there isn’t something listed.

---

Let’s be honest, this year and for a lot of the end of last year, there wasn’t much to play, with regard to mods. I’ve taken the time to work on other projects, but if I were “just” a player I wonder what I would do. When I say just, I mean not having to run websites – no offence meant!

---

I was thinking why Imprudent Trek Above the Streets, won my recent RooftopVille mapping competition. Not only did I select it as the winner, most readers did too. There were some very good other entries but this one seemed more focused and polished.

---